User:Kiana669/sandbox

It can be helpful to copy and paste the text below into a sandbox, and apply all of the options directly to this text to see what it does.

Editing in Visual
Paragraph: Set the style of your text. For example, make a header or plain paragraph text. You can also use it to offset block quotes.

A : Highlight your text, then click here to format it with bold, italics, etc. The “More” options allows you to underline (U), cross-out text ( S ), add code snippets ( { } ), change language keyboards (Aあ), and clear all formatting.

Links: Highlight text and push this button to make it a link. The Visual Editor will automatically suggest related Wikipedia articles for that word or phrase. This is a great way to connect your article to more Wikipedia content. You only have to link important words once, usually during the first time they appear. If you want to link to pages outside of Wikipedia (for an “external links” section, for example) click on the “External link” tab.

Cite: The citation tool in the Visual Editor helps format your citations. You can simply paste a DOI or URL, and the Visual Editor will try to sort out all of the fields you need. Be sure to review it, however, and apply missing fields manually (if you know them). You can also add books, journals, news, and websites manually. That opens up a quick guide for inputting your citations. Once you've added a source, you can click the “re-use” tab to cite it again.

Bullets: To add bullet points or a numbered list, click here.

Insert: This tab lets you add media, images, or tables.

Ω: This tab allows you to add special characters, such as those found in non-English words, scientific notation, and a handful of language extensions.

Editing in Wikicode
Most of the time you'll use visual editing, but if you want to edit a Talk page or make changes in source editing mode, you'll need to learn a little Wikicode.

The Wikicode for bold text is like this:

= bold

Creating a wikilink (that is, a link to another article on Wikipedia) looks like this:

= bold

That link to the article Bold will redirect you to Emphasis (typography). To link to an article with a different name than the text, put a  (a “pipe”, inserted with  shift + \  on most keyboards) in between the code and the word you want to appear on the page. Like this:

= bold (with the link to Boldness)

Talk Pages
If someone leaves a reply or tags you with a question, you should respond.

Open up the page just as you would open up an article to edit. Underneath the comment you're responding to, type a colon. Each : will indent your response deeper into the conversation. So if you respond to a response, use two colons, etc.

It is crucial that you sign your messages with four tildes to automatically mark it with your username and a timestamp.

To get a specific user's attention, you can “ping” them by writing  on a Talk page, which will send them a notification. Some Wikipedians have hundreds, or even thousands, of pages on their Watchlists so this is a good way to get their attention.

If you're addressing a user on their Talk page, they will be notified whether or not you ping them. If you're addressing a user on your own Talk page or an article Talk page, you'll need to ping them.

Remember to sign your message!

Creating New Sandboxes
To create a new page titled “New sandbox”, first click on your username in the upper right when you're logged into en.wikipedia.org. Now edit the end of the URL to look like this: Click Create source in the upper right to make the new page.

If you forget the URL of this new page, don't worry! You can always check your Contributions history, found at the top right when you're logged in, to find it.